The Brewers aim to wrap up the World Series in Game 5 after Rays’ dramatic comeback win

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Game 5 is here: The grind of October baseball is real. After Game 4 finished in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, the Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays are back for Game 5 in St. Petersburg, Florida, tonight.

Milwaukee’s big lead : The Brewers still have a commanding 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series, but the Rays showed some fight in Game 4. After Cooper Pratt’s home run in the top of the 12th put the Brewers three outs from a title, Tampa came back and spoiled the party for a 4-3 win.

A historic game: The fact that this game is even being played is historic. Of the 25 previous teams to fall into an 0-3 hole in the World Series, 21 lost Game 4. None of those 25 teams have ever forced a Game 6, let alone came back to win.

How to watch: The game is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET and will air on Fox and stream on Fox One and MLB.tv.

25 years on, the 2001 World Series still resonates

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For the first time in 46 years, a sitting US president was about to throw out the first pitch in a World Series game.

Deep in the bowels of Yankee Stadium, George W. Bush was being warmed up by a man wearing a softball mitt. Outside on the diamond, a fake umpire was standing near home plate with a gun and a taser concealed beneath his uniform. Above them, the stadium was rocking, so much so that the picture frames in the offices below were hanging askew.

Nothing was normal on October 30, 2001: The New York Yankees were hosting the Arizona Diamondbacks for the biggest prize in baseball in a city still in shock – just 13 miles away, the debris from the World Trade Center still burned .

But despite all the fear and emotion, it would end up being one of the greatest World Series ever played.

About last night: Rays come back in the 12th to extend the series

The Tampa Bay Rays gave the Milwaukee Brewers a dose of their own medicine in Game 4 to avoid getting swept Tuesday night (and Wednesday morning) in St. Petersburg, Florida.

The Rays extended their season at least one more day thanks to a walk-off single from Ben Williamson to win the game, 4-3, in 12 innings.

The Rays jumped out to an early lead with an RBI double from Chandler Simpson to get the scoring started in the second inning.

But just as they have all season, the Brewers always seemed to have an answer. Milwaukee leveled the game at 1-1 in the top of the fourth inning on a Cooper Pratt double.

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The Rays immediately reclaimed the lead in the bottom of the fourth thanks to a throwing error from Brewers third baseman David Hamilton, who immediately atoned with a game-tying home run in the fifth inning to knot the game at 2-2.

The game would grind on tied 2-2 into the late innings, and eventually into extra innings. As each team exhausted their bullpen and bench, it became a question of which team was going to blink first.

Tuesday turned into Wednesday as the game reached a climactic 12th inning. Pratt struck again for Milwaukee with a towering home run into the left field seats off Tampa Bay reliever Ian Seymour that had the Brewers sitting on the brink of their first championship in franchise history.

But the Rays channeled their inner Brewer in the bottom of the 12th inning. That meant small ball and a lot of traffic on the base paths.

Junior Caminero led off the inning with a bouncer to third base and reached safely on a throwing error by replacement third baseman Joey Ortiz. Liam Hicks followed that with a soft chopper that found its way into left field and moved Caminero to third base.

Next up, Jonny DeLuca hit a seeing-eye grounder back up the middle and through to center field to drive in pinch-runner Cedric Mullins. After failing to get a sacrifice bunt down, Simpson lined a single into center field to load the bases with no one out.

Ben Williamson then stepped to the plate a hit a high chopper over the first baseman’s head and into right field to score pinch-runner Nick Fortes with the game-winning run.

Baseball lives to play another day in 2026

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After a very late night in Game 4, dragging into the early hours of Wednesday, a critical Game 5 is on deck at 8 p.m. ET. The Brewers remain in the same position as they were last night: One win away from the franchise’s first World Series title. They got as close as being three outs away last night, they’ll want to put the finishing touches on their great season tonight.

For the Rays, they’re suddenly alive. After getting blown out in Game 3, the Rays played like … well, the Rays on Tuesday. When they went down in the top of the 12th inning, Tampa fired back and won the game in the bottom of the inning to extend their season another night.

History is against them, but there’s always that lingering feeling … what if?

History is stacked against the Rays, but they’ll be looking to send this series back to Milwaukee for a Game 6 on Friday night with another win tonight.

The game is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. ET and airs on Fox/streams on Fox One and MLB.tv. We’ll be here all night – again – with all the live updates, analysis, reporting and highlights you could want.

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第五场比赛来了：十月棒球赛的残酷竞争是真实存在的。在周三凌晨结束的第四场比赛之后，密尔沃基酿酒人队和坦帕湾光芒队今晚将在佛罗里达州圣彼得堡进行第五场比赛。

密尔沃基领先优势巨大：酿酒人队在七场四胜制的系列赛中仍然以 3-1 领先，但光芒队在第四场比赛中展现出了一些斗志。库珀·普拉特在第 12 局上半击出本垒打，使酿酒人队距离冠军仅差三个出局数，但坦帕湾光芒队奋起直追，最终以 4-3 获胜，粉碎了酿酒人队的夺冠梦想。

一场历史性的比赛：这场比赛的进行本身就是历史性的。此前25支在世界大赛中0-3落后的球队中，有21支输掉了第四场比赛。这25支球队中没有一支能够将比赛拖入第六场，更不用说最终逆转取胜了。

观看方式：比赛定于美国东部时间晚上 8 点举行，将在 Fox 电视台播出，并在 Fox One 和 MLB.tv 上进行网络直播。

25年过去了，2001年的世界大赛依然令人难忘。

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46年来，美国在任总统首次将在世界大赛中投出第一球。

在洋基体育场深处，乔治·W·布什正被一个戴着垒球手套的人热身。在球场外的棒球场上，一个假扮裁判的人站在本垒板附近，制服下藏着一把枪和一把电击枪。在他们头顶上，整个体育场都在震动，以至于楼下办公室里的相框都歪斜了。

2001 年 10 月 30 日，一切都不寻常：纽约洋基队在主场迎战亚利桑那响尾蛇队，争夺棒球界的最高荣誉，而此时这座城市仍处于震惊之中——仅仅 13 英里之外，世界贸易中心的废墟仍在燃烧。

但尽管充满了恐惧和情绪波动，这场比赛最终却成为了有史以来最伟大的世界大赛之一。

昨晚比赛回顾：光芒队在第12局逆转取胜，将系列赛延长。

坦帕湾光芒队在周二晚上（以及周三早上）于佛罗里达州圣彼得堡举行的第四场比赛中，以其人之道还治其人之身，击败了密尔沃基酿酒人队，避免了被横扫的命运。

凭借本·威廉姆森的再见安打，光芒队在 12 局比赛中以 4-3 获胜，至少将赛季延长了一天。

光芒队在第二局凭借钱德勒·辛普森的二垒安打取得领先，率先得分。

但就像他们整个赛季的表现一样，酿酒人队似乎总能找到应对之策。第四局上半，库珀·普拉特击出二垒安打，将比分扳成1比1平。

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光芒队在第四局下半局凭借酿酒人队三垒手大卫·汉密尔顿的传球失误立即重新取得领先，而汉密尔顿在第五局立即以一记追平比分的全垒打弥补了自己的失误，将比分扳成 2-2 平。

比赛一直胶着到后半段，双方战成2比2平，最终进入延长赛。随着两队牛棚和替补阵容的消耗殆尽，比赛的胜负就取决于哪支球队会先崩溃。

周二变成了周三，比赛进入了激动人心的第12局。普拉特再次为密尔沃基队建功，他从坦帕湾队的救援投手伊恩·西摩手中轰出一记高飞的本垒打，球飞入左外野看台，让酿酒人队距离队史首个总冠军仅一步之遥。

但光芒队在第12局下半展现出了他们内心深处的酿酒人队风格。这意味着短打战术和大量的跑垒员在垒上活动。

小卡米内罗（Junior Caminero）率先击出一记滚地球到三垒，替补三垒手乔伊·奥尔蒂斯（Joey Ortiz）的传球失误让他安全上垒。随后，利亚姆·希克斯（Liam Hicks）击出一记软弱的滚地球，球滚到左外野，卡米内罗也因此推进到三垒。

接下来，乔尼·德卢卡击出一记精准的滚地球，球从中路滚回中外野，将代跑球员塞德里克·穆林斯送回本垒得分。辛普森尝试牺牲触击未果后，击出一记中外野安打，无人出局，垒上满垒。

随后本·威廉姆森走上打击区，击出一记高飞球，越过一垒手的头顶，落入右外野，替补跑垒员尼克·福特斯跑回本垒，拿下制胜分。

棒球运动将在2026年继续进行。

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感觉自己好像刚刚来过这里？

经过一场鏖战至周三凌晨的第四场比赛，至关重要的第五场比赛将于美国东部时间晚上8点开打。酿酒人队目前的处境与昨晚相同：距离队史首个世界大赛冠军仅差一场胜利。昨晚他们一度距离胜利仅差三个出局数，今晚他们渴望为这个伟大的赛季画上圆满的句号。

对于光芒队来说，他们突然重获新生。在第三场比赛惨败之后，光芒队在周二的比赛中打出了……嗯，光芒队应有的水平。尽管他们在第12局上半局落后，但坦帕湾光芒队奋起直追，并在下半局扳回一城，赢得了比赛，将他们的赛季延续到了下一场比赛。

历史对他们不利，但总有一种挥之不去的念头……如果当初……？

历史战绩对光芒队不利，但他们今晚仍希望再赢一场，将系列赛带回密尔沃基，在周五晚上进行第六场比赛。

比赛定于美国东部时间晚上8点开始，将在福克斯电视台播出，并在Fox One和MLB.tv上进行网络直播。我们将整晚为您带来所有您想看到的实时更新、分析、报道和精彩集锦。